Members of the National Women's Liberation Party hold protest signs in front of Convention Hall where the Miss America Pageant will be held tonight in Atlantic City, N.J. on Sept. 7, 1968. The picketers, also seen behind, are protesting the annual pageant as degrading to women. (AP Photo)

Women protesting the Miss America pageant on Sept. 8, 1968, in 1968 toss their bras, girdles, high-heeled shoes, fake eyelashes and other items into a “freedom” trash can. The symbolic action sparked the term ‘bra burners,’ though no bras were actually burned in the making of this protest. (Press of Atlantic City Archives).

Women protesting the Miss America pageant on Sept. 8, 1968, in 1968 toss their bras, girdles, high-heeled shoes, fake eyelashes and other items into a “freedom” trash can. The symbolic action sparked the term ‘bra burners,’ though no bras were actually burned in the making of this protest. (Press of Atlantic City Archives).

On Sept. 7, 1968, Women’s Liberation Party members drop bras — and girdles, high-heels, fake eyelashes and other items — into a “freedom” trash can in Atlantic City to protest the Miss America Pageant. None of the bras were burned, but the alliteration stuck and became legend.

Members of the National Women's Liberation Party hold protest signs in front of Convention Hall where the Miss America Pageant will be held tonight in Atlantic City, N.J. on Sept. 7, 1968. The picketers, also seen behind, are protesting the annual pageant as degrading to women. (AP Photo)

Women protesting the Miss America pageant on Sept. 8, 1968, in 1968 toss their bras, girdles, high-heeled shoes, fake eyelashes and other items into a “freedom” trash can. The symbolic action sparked the term ‘bra burners,’ though no bras were actually burned in the making of this protest. (Press of Atlantic City Archives).

Women protesting the Miss America pageant on Sept. 8, 1968, in 1968 toss their bras, girdles, high-heeled shoes, fake eyelashes and other items into a “freedom” trash can. The symbolic action sparked the term ‘bra burners,’ though no bras were actually burned in the making of this protest. (Press of Atlantic City Archives).

On Sept. 7, 1968, Women’s Liberation Party members drop bras — and girdles, high-heels, fake eyelashes and other items — into a “freedom” trash can in Atlantic City to protest the Miss America Pageant. None of the bras were burned, but the alliteration stuck and became legend.